Just after the Lunar New Year holiday, processing and manufacturing sector as well as the services industries in Guangzhou are facing labor shortage estimated to hit 150,000, while almost 30 percent of the labor demand of Dongguan cannot be satisfied. Shenzhen had a shortage of 819,000 laborers in Q4 of 2009. Zhongshan has a labor shortage of 130,000 or so at present. Total labor shortage in the Pearl River delta exceeds 2 million.
Guangzhou's processing, manufacturing, as well as the services sectors, face most serious labor shortage, said Zhang Baoying, director of Guangzhou human resource market service center.
Current labor shortage is different to that in previous years, Zhang said, adding that labor shortage in the city would hit 150,000.
Dongguan, know as a "world factory," has been experiencing labor shortage since last August, reported the local media. With unexpected robust economic recovery, the situation has been worsening.
Dongguan was confronted by a nearly 30 percent worker shortage, introduced Zhu Zhixiu, chief for Hubei Labor Management Office in Dongguan. The worker gap in Dongguan which had had more than 5 million migrant workers is over one million.
According to a governmental report on Shenzhen's labor market situation in Q4, 2009, the city's demand for labor in Q4, 2009 reached 1.94 million, with only 1.13 million job seekers, indicating that the employment gap was 819,000.
In order to solve the problem of worker shortages, Shenzhen vowed to raise the minimum wage standard this year, wishing to attract more workers.
Latest data released by the General Administration of Customs on February 10, 2010 showed that China's total import and export value reached 204.78 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 44.4 percent year-on-year. Amid which, exports amount to 109.48 billion U.S. dollars, surging by 21 percent year-on-year, realizing two consecutive months of positive growth.
Source: People's Daily Online
